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The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-27
THE CLIFTON CLARION.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 27, 1887.
ESGd is- the Eyes.

At & recent meeting of the Chicago Medical Society, Dr. V. r. Coleman read 8 paper on "fhe Effect of To bacco on the Eyesisht." He said that ito consider the physical effect of poisonous weed-.ood neither for man nor beast, vet consumed alike m every quarter of the globe by sage and savage, saint and sinner" was a subject of no little consequence. He knew of no more constant effect of the use of tobacco than more or less impairment of vision known as anbivopia. The use of tobacco was go commonly associated with the use of liquor that 1t was q question with many whether or rot alcohol was not the chief or only ciGsative. In En- gland the belief among surgeons waa that tobacco was the more frequent cause of amblyopia, while in America alcohol was considered the primitive agent. The speaker declared that most of the text books supported the idea that the use of tobacco caused impairment of the sight. Se. okers were the more frequent sufferers, especially the smokers of pipes and cigarettes. In the course Of his prac- tice he had come in contact with many persons suffering from various defects of sight who smoked bat did not drink. Smoking often causes coloT-5lindnass. Such defects were cured by sabandonins 4he use of to- bacco, and, If need be, taking small doses Of strychnine.
 As Illustrations the doctor referred to four patients not addicted to. drink. One of these was a man who con suited him in 1881 on account of defect of sight. The vision of the right eye vas two-thirds it's usual strength, the left one half. The patient had smoked six pipes daily for eight wears. lie was advised to stop smoking and slrychnia was pre- scribed. Two months later he re- ported he had followed the advice and that his sight was restored.
 But" said the speaker, to deny that tobacco produces 4Fnblyopia be- cause so large number smoke this poison with Impunity IS as reasona ble as to deny smallpox can reproiuee itself because the majority oi the peo- pie escape, or that ci-rhos:s of the liver is caused by drinking because so many dram drinkers escape"
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-27
I.s.a,Hs ia :,,c a..ts Creation.

A Tallahassee m2n cut the tail off lis eat last year, and her lass litter oi four kittens have no tai:s.
 At Croion Falls, N. Y, rooster looks siier large b.oOd Of chickens IS tenGeI!y ss yeritah;e bi!dy.
 The Maltese eat belonging to Squire Ee.levilIe, of Sayeiton, MO., went to ihe woods snd brought in two young wild rabbits that sie HOW treats as we'll as the res. 0. her family.
 4 eat belonging 90 Judge Bernard, of Tallahassee, became such a rui- saBce that the Judge sent him to a new hcnse h'ty m;les away. Tom rame walking into nis old home Sun day n;si.t nearly drowned and very weary. He bad walked the fifty miles back, swimming across several streams on the way.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-27
sZeaesn Fo,..e. uonrersa:lon.


 i Washington correspondent cf he Syracuse Journal emulates Dean Swiftin this verbatim report of conversation between two la lies at the last White House re- 'eption:
 What iamw go, it's nothing 70 the last one.'' "Wlin are those horrid people yonder?" "That man with tue lop eyes!" Yes, and the girl with the bony neck" Those are the WillowwiGs." ""Yon don't say: why, he's literary" Yes, aud that's his daughter; sLe's .ngagpd to Lieut.. Fortune. and hoy are going 10 build here next year" "Isn'; Mrs. Cleveland eG- ;rarcing Lovely. and she doit i've in to fashion either" "IIeI neck, you meau?' Yes" ''Bu he might" Yes, she has Q mag aiicert neck" Why do we al ways call 1t peek?" "Even when .ve mean almost half the hody! "Hushr "These are the High cheeks; he used to keep saloon.' And she took in washing" But ,hey'gegot S40,000,c00 now" ""Tbey -how very lIttie of their vulgar be- ginniugs." "When their mouths ire shnty "Did you sec them in their box at the opera last night!' Did you ever see such display !. know he was tipsy." Well, if lie wasn'tr' Look thore~ It Congressman Van Gctt.' lie can hardly write lis name and never makes d speech because he can! read ii." His wife has gold teeth | Did you ever notice? The whole ,st is built of solid gold on tho old roots" '5l,c must make 6 brilli;n aor,versajicua,ist." "Ycs. when she opens her mouth wide"
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-27
EMGnESN

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 The following Medicines supplied at the p!i. s,s.s a1s'E1.E3T CnGpEEa yETsE. sG l3sig.srEIA~EE-E. S2 q bottle. or four times the quantity for sic.
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 The fnglish sb.1NB E;SBGN. s4sS Egs lSEss Isx@aS.; ;EAsz E'sz.sl is the best in the market For sale by all druggists; price 51 cantS q hCttle.
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Popular Scicnce.

Trial trips at Nice with the sub marine boat of the naturalist Toseli have indicated that the vessel will render valuable service to science. It can penetrate 10 a depth oi about 800 feet, and its powerful electric lamps make easy minute inspection of tie sea. -
 The Maluva tree Of Central India (bassia latiiolial bears flowers which are now being expected to EnroIe for their sugar, of which they contain more than half their weight. The tree resembles the oak. and single spec iaen sometimes bears ton oi flowers.
 Buck, the inventor of the Water bury watch, has bailt sn engine 60 small that, with boiler, governor, and pumps, it would stand on gold dollar. Itwas five-eighths of an inch high, had l4S separate pieces, held together by fifty-iwo screws, and three drops of water were required for the boiler. Diameter of cylinder one-sixteenth inch, stroke three thisty-seconds inch, total weight ff- teen grains.
 Avery diminut;vc fre-arrl made by hr. Victor Bovy is undoubtedly the smallest in the world. The total length from handle to muzzle Is one and one half inches, and the weight is something under hs!f an ounce. The cartridges shown are also natural size, though only about a quarter of an inch i'll length, and the weight Of shell, charge, and bulletis only triiie over grain. The charge consists entirely of illuminate, as the dimen- sjons are too small to permit the use of powder. It is in all Prospects a per feet. little instrument, and quite Gs complete as a larger revolver.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-27

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 Le tticz,ata' Golden Sp1nish. In- i"cfi "a, for s1vcrc cases of Gonorrhea, InfAnmsto y G!cct Strictures, ,&c. Price $i :.n i,rr Bottle.
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The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-27

The warmth of floors is greatly in creased by havin. carpet lining of layers ot paper under the carpet.
 Cayenne pepper blown into the cracks where ants congregate will drive them away. The same remedy is also good for mice.
 II gilt frames, when aew, are cov- cred with coat of white varnish, all syccks can then be washed of with t,.l,, n...5.l harm.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-27

When a yo;.nc man Go-a!ays wants to call himself 2 tough. he silaply rcpasks, I'm $ sp-,nC t:i;cken." INr,v one W'.n tUSrtls wj.i readily Guierrlard i,iin.- SsU Ey%f.cisco te;.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14
Why Boys Should Not Be Snubbed.

Don't snub boy because he wears
shabby clothes. When Edison, the
enventor of the telephone, first enter.
ed Boston he wore pair of yellow
linen hreeches in the depth of winter.
Don't snub a boy because his home
is plain and unpretending. Abraham
Lincoln's early home was log cabin.
Don't snub a boy because of dull
ness in his lesson. Hogath the cele-
brated painter and engraver, was a
stupid boy at his books.
Don't snub a boy because of the
ignorance of his parents. Shakes
peare, the worlds poet, was the son
of a man who was unable to write his
own name.
Don't snub boy because he chooses
an humble trade. The author of the
''Pilgrim's Progress was tinker.
Don't snub boy because of physi-
cal disability. Milton was blind.
Don't snub boy because he slut
ters. Domosthenes. the great orator
of Greece, overcame a harsh and
stammering voice.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14
A Great Gas Belt.

The Topeka Daily Capital of yester-
day says: Experts now say that
Kansas is ill the center of gas belt
that extends from the Atlantic ocean
to the Rocky mountains" and we have
every reason to believe that they are
right. Wherever hole has been put
down. and pushed to good depth, the
result mas been successful flow of
gas. Our company has nov oyer
$4,000 subscribed to the capital. stock for
prospecting. and in few days some of
Our men will visit Fort Scott and Pao-
la to ascertain the best machinery to
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14
EXCHANGE GLEANINGS.

The average tramp takes no inter-
est in the motto: While there's life
there's soap.
In Persia a man gets to kiss his
sweetheart but once. We wonder
what some young men of our ac-
quaintance would do if they were Per-
slams.
The Macon. Ga, Telegraph says: We
want it understood that we are in the
Union tooth and toe nail, heel and eye
brow, corn, bunions and scalp; that
this is as much our country as any
body's, and that we shall not lift a
shovel of earth nor tote grass except in
the shadow and under the folds of the
flag of the Union.
A drug store at Junction City was
pulled last week, under the search
warrant clause of the prOhibitory law,
and nearly one hundred cases of beer
was found. Whatever induced drug
gist to ''Overstock'' in that way in d
high moral prohibition town like juno
tion City, is one of the unsolved mys-
teries.-Er.
Now the most difficult matter in the
world is to edit a newspaper SO as to
make money and fame at the same
time. If the paper makes money, it
must be newsy and trashy, and no
genius can get editorial fame out of
news and trash. Sheckels is his only
gain. If he makes a paper for fame,
the great public will let him do it all
by himself.
81 aiu't much in city like New
York." said Col. Blood, who had
been drinking all the evening at Dunn
leys expense, "but down in the blue
grass region I'm pretty big gum
eyes, Colonel" asserted Dumley, as
he paid for another round, ''you are
big gun, and it costs money to load
you up"
An editor received letter from a
vain and tiresome contributor, asking
him to give an opinion of the work
which he had recently sent In. II
want the opinion said the contrib
utor, written i'll your own hand, so
that L can show it to my friends, and,
socially, [ think it will greatly help
mo I sea that Won fSOmptimpS u-rita
poetry, and it would please me much
better if you would write it out in
rhyme. You may make it funny If
you want to-" The editor sent him
the following:
'Try to be pleasant and your writings are fiat,
Try to be funny, and they than that;
Try to be wise and you simply fool
Try to be honest. and you're only tool
And it seems that there's use in trying 1t MORE
For you only succeed, sir, in being n bore.'
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14


necessary to the business. Let there
lie no tagging now until we have well
in successful operation.
G. F. Hays has moved his family
to Albert, where he has opened
general store.
We have been informed that Mrs.
DR.. Boles, of Lucas, Ohio, formerly
Mrs. Fordham, died on last Sunday
at her home in Lucas.
MIR. T. J. Compton, who left here
a few weeks since for Colorado, has
been appointed postal clerk between
Kansas City and Pueblo.
Silas Clark is the name of the man
who was shot at Maxville the other
day. He was not dead at the last re-
port, but no hopes are held for his re-
covery.
Mr.. Richey, of Mansfield, who has
purchased a quarter of a block in
Heller Park addition and will build
a fine house, says there is prospect
of several families coming soon.
Will Crilly, younger brother to
John, Cal and Ed, came back Friday
to again make this city his home. He
has been in Wichita and Leaven-
worth in business for the last three
years.
Stephen Brown, of Eureka town
ship, has the proper spirit. He came
in and got copies of our Barton
county papers to send east with his
wife, who stalts on a visit to her old
home in a day or SO.
Mr.. Charles Weller and Miss
Elizabeth Mccullough, of Ellinwood,
were married Monday at the
Office of Judge Ogle. The Judge,
who by the way is good judge of
beauty, says this was very hand
some couple.
The infant child of MIR. and Mrs,
M. NJ. Meek died Sunday morning
and was buried in the afternoon.
This little one had for some time lin
gered On the borders of another shore;
now it has passed forever beyond the
sight of those who love it
We learn from our exchanges that
Great Bend is to be the end of di,
vision on the c., X. & w. railroad.
AS Great Bend is only about thirty
five miles from Walnut City, the
story that the latter place is to be the
end of division will, no doubt, now
be so transparent that even Walnut
City papers will hardly continue to
repeat the assertion. They must, how
ever, come to the aid of the heavily
loaded real estate men of their town
and, if history repeats itself, some
fiction will be manufactured or re-
peated in order to try to deceive
strangers.-LaCrosse Democrat.
1t appears that there was war in
the Larned camp over the question of
accepting the waterworks by the
Council. The two papers have got
mixed up in the squabble, as it ap-
pears from the following extract from
Col. Leftwich's speech, which we clip
from the Chronoscope.
"Mistah Mayah!-Why, by Cd,
sab, this yah thing has done got to
stop, sah!-Yes, sab, boodlahs, sah!-
Don't ca-ah who knows it, sah!-
Chronoscope, = lyahl = scoundrels! i
penitentiary!-Whoopee!-Bad medi-
cipe!" A dull thud, and all was
again serene.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14
Natural Gas,

For some time it has been an open
secret that biologists had given it as
their opinion that the formations here
gave flattering indications for natural
gas. To test this matter company
has been formed and Il charter obtain
ed, as the Commonwealth this morning
notes:
THE Lyons Natural Gas, Oil and
Mineral Company, of Lyons. Term,
uinety-nine years. Capital stock.
81 100000. Directors; y. NJ. Lasley,
d. NJ. Bell, D. S. Myers, I. a. Butler,
ID. NJ. Lasley, Theo. Godshalk. l. d.
Haning, F. NJ. Rummell and W. T..
Nicholas
If there is any natural gas in this
county loutside of the real estate
offices) this company can be relied up
on to go to the bottom and find it.
Within the next month it is expected
that the machinery will be here to go
at least 1000 feet into the earth. and
find what We have beneath us.-Lyons
Republican.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14

use in boring, and get other pointers
necessary to the business. Let there
lie no tagging now until we have well
in successful operation.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14

A new and splendid line of goods,
which l am selling at the very.
lowest figures. When you need any
thing N his line give him a cali.
First door north of Robinson d Ster
ett's hardware store.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15
Clnthinr of the Cnreans-

In the matter of clothing Corea is
unique. The prevailing color is what is
supposed to be whtte A man starting
out in the morning arrayed in freshly
laundered clothing presents 4 remarkably
fresh appearance, but on his return at
night he may not be spotless. The articles
of clothing worn are first, a hat, or
rather two, or even three, are worn at
one time; a tunic, loose and reaching to
the waist; loose, baggy, white trousers,
supported by a girdle; white leggings,
white stockings, shoes of various kinds,
and over all a coat, the sleeves of which
are very flowing and reach down to the
hips or lower, and are sewed up from the
bottom to tho wrist, so as to form very
capaciOus pockets, where merchants often
carry goods in astonishing quantities. In
these pockets the petty official carries his
fan, his handkerchiefs, his tablets for
writing and sundry little articles. Not
to be forgotten are the purses for coins
and knife, and the tobacco pouch and
pipe suspended from the girdle, without
which no COrean is dressed. In the case
Of men Of high rank, however, these lat
ter articles are carried by his servants, a
great retinue of whom attend him.
Of all lands in the world, Corea is the
land of hats. There is some variety, but
no change Of style. The fashion once
set, everybody follows it and sticks to it.
With the exception of the forests of the
Amazon, where hats, like umbrellas, are
worn to shed the snakes which rain down
from the dense overhanging branches,
Corea leads the world in the superficial
area Of headgeSr. They may be seen
there measuring two feet from the rim
to the crown. The stockings and shoes
are also very peculiar.-London Figaro.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15
a Rare AutoeraDb

Collectors Of books and rare articles do
not always care to let it become known
to the general public that they possess
them, for often such things come into
their possession in surreptitiOus manner.
There is a most pointed case to exemplify
this. A collector of books and auto.
graphs John Allen, died, and his execu-
tor sold the collection at auction. The
sale realized many thousand dollars. but
that which particularly interested the
curious was an autograph letter-Gen.
Washington's answer to the address of
the corporation Of New York conferrinp
on him the freedom Of the CITY, Nav ..
1885. 1t occupied two folio pages. Two
collectors bid for it, and became so ex-
cited that they went beyond all reason.
and one Of them, Mr.. Lent, bid S2.O5O
for 1t. 1t was knocked down to him.
lie WAS appalled, at what he had done
and declined 10 pay. A lawsuit was the
result. Before it came to Judgment the
city attorney Of New York brought a suit
OF replevin to recover possession Of the
letter ON the ground that it formed part
OF the city archives. The city recovered
IT, showing that it had been extracted
from the archives forty years before.
some OF the most famous archives have
thus been robbed by collectors, and if n
search were made in the odd records Of
St. Louis similar thefts would be traced.
Nothing, in fact, is safe from the col
lector.-St. Louis Republican.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15
A Cabinet oncer.s nnmo LIE.

The observations Of tho wife of one of
the present ministers showing that the
life OF cabinet officer is not an altogether
pleasant one are interesting, The glamour
OF position scarcely atones for the hard
work and worry Of the actual situation.
Il hardly ever see my husband TO talk
with him save at breakfast in the morn
ing and few minutes before and after
dllneP. when he reads his newspapers and
before he goes up stairs to his room. where
table full of official papers await him.
lie sleeps alone, 50 as TO- get ali the rest
possible, with a lamp by his side all night.
and when he is wakeful he turns up the
light and reads until he becomes drowsv.
Some nights he spends with the president
until very late. Then the salary is not
more than enough to pay the rent of an
establishment suitable for entertainments
such as the people expect Of a cabinet
official. It is no use obieeting. There
ought to be government homes for the
cabinet and their families to live in. Soon
as man is appointed he must sit right
down to Office work, and has no time for
hunting house for his family. Wash
ingtOn Letter,